Wednesday, 20 October 2008
Privacy watchdog calls on CEOs to take responsibility for data protection safeguards
"The number of data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner's Office [UK] has soared to 277 since HMRC lost 25 million child benefit records nearly a year ago. New figures, released today by the ICO, include 80 reported breaches by the private sector, 75 within the NHS and other health bodies, 28 reported by central government, 26 by local authorities and 47 by the rest of the public sector. The ICO is investigating 30 of the most serious cases."
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SOURCE: Information Commissioner's Office [UK]
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